You will be when we will reach an agreement both and fair and free competition reciprocal access the water on the market You Chief negotiator Michel Barnier commenting Monday morning in Brussels that after a weekend decision to extend talks beyond the Sunday deadline, the same sticking points remain, including fishing rights and how to ensure a level playing field for competition.

But markets rose on the move to keep talking.

Sterling was up over 1% against the dollar in early trades Monday.

European benchmark indexes all rose to, with Germany's DAX and France's CAC 40 both up around 400.8%.

Gains for London's Footsie Index worm, or Limited, though capped by a 6% slide for AstraZeneca.

Investors pricing in weekend news off its $39 billion move for US drugmaker Alexian, Broader sentiment remains vulnerable to news on Brexit and it remains unclear when or whether a deal might be done.